Category Archives: Stamping Manis

I have been so excited to really start digging into my fall and Halloween manis! Here is what I came up with today:

This month, I will be following along with #BHBSpooktober! I have wanted to do a month-long mani challenge, but have not gotten around to it yet, so this is the perfect opportunity! Here is what is on the calendar:

I am a day early, but I was hit with inspiration tonight, and did not want to let it pass by! Again, it was my daughter’s attire. At 11mo old, she is quite the snappy dresser. Very curious as to how she looks so snazzy, but her mom needs a wardrobe update!

Per the usual, I started with a base coat of Grow Stronger, then two coats of Sorry I’m Fizzy Today, followed by one coat of the quick dry.

Once everything was nice and dry, I went in and stamped leaves with the MdU Brown and Pueen 55. I have been using the Pueen Buffet plates a lot more recently. Not sure why, but it is always fun to change things up!

Here is what I ended up with:

I am quite happy with how these turned out! I’d say I would keep them on for more than a day, but who am I trying to kid?

Tonight, I opted for some double stamping, because I could not decide what colors I wanted to use. Usually, this results in a bunch of nonsense, because I never know when to leave well enough alone. Tonight, though, it turned out pretty okay!

After a coat of Grow Stronger, I put down two coats of Cynthia. I was kind of disappointed:

I expected a dark blue-green color, but it just looked black. I’m hoping that if the sun is out, it will show the color more. I always get too optimistic about dark colors that are beautiful in the bottle, but let me down on the nail by looking black. If I wanted black, I would paint black. Ugh.

Anyways…I used Pueen 73 and MdU Light Gray and stamped my first layer:

I could have stopped here and I would have been happy. But, enough is never enough, so I stamped again using Pueen 59 and MdU Old Pink:

Unlike many of my double stamping manis, I like this one. It doesn’t seem overly busy. The gray is subtle enough that it does not end up looking muddled. At least, that’s what I think! Now, let’s see if these last more than a day…not too likely since I have to get some yard work done tomorrow and my gardening gloves have a hole in them!